Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (26): 4259-4264.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0762

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Acellular tissue matrix in plastic surgery: research progress and clinical application

Yang Mei-rong1, Pan Bo1, Zhao Bo2   

  1. 1Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100144, China; 2Beijing Biosis Healing Biological Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 102600, China
  • Received:2018-01-19
  • Contact: Pan Bo, Chief physician, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100144, China
  • About author:Yang Mei-rong, Doctoral candidate, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100144, China
  • Supported by:

    the National High-Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), No. 2015AA033602; Small- and Mid-sized Enterprise Technology Innovation Fund, No. Z14010101281

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Acellular tissue matrix as a new biological material has been extensively used in plastic surgery with prominent therapeutic effects.

OBJECTIVE: To review the characteristics of acellular tissue matrix and its clinical progress in plastic surgery.
METHODS: A computer-based search of CNKI and PubMed was performed by the first author for relevant articles published from 1990 to 2017, using the key words of “acellular tissue matrix, plastic/cosmetic, burn, scar, breast, cartilage, cleft lip/palate, nose/nasal, eye/ophthalmic, lip” in Chinese and English, respectively. After screening, finally 53 articles were included in result analysis.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Acellular tissue matrix has the following advantages: immune tolerance in bacterial infection and tissue regeneration. When implanted into humans, acellular tissue matrix can induce and promote migration, adhesion, proliferation and differentiation of surrounding cells to achieve tissue regeneration and structural remodeling. (2) Acellular tissue matrix has been widely used in plastic surgery, including burn repair, pathological scar, breast reconstruction, lip/palate cleft, ocular and nasal plastic surgery, and lip augmentation. Application of acellular tissue matrix in cartilage repair still remains in the stage of animal experiment. (3) Small intestinal submucosa is a potential filling material for plastic surgery in consideration of its low immunogenicity, good compatibility and high activity.

 

Key words: Extracellular Matrix, Surgery, Plastic, Tissue regeneration

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